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UWA Sports Park
McGillivray Oval
Standort	McGillivray Road, Mount Claremont, Western Australia
Coordinates	31°57′06″S 115°47′08″E / 31.951686°S 115.785644°E
Owner	University of Western Australia
Capacity	4,000
Surface	Grass
Tenants
	Western Force; UWAAC Athletics Club; UBSC University Baseball and Softball Club; UWA Hockey Club; UWA Rugby Club; UWA Tennis Club; UWA Football Club (PFL) ; UWA Nedlands Football Club ; UWA Torpedoes

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UWA Sports Park is a multi-purpose sporting and recreation reserve in Mount Claremont, Western Australia. It is located on 56 hectares of land approximately 10 km west of Perth and is owned by the University of Western Australia.^[1]

The park provides sporting facilities for Australian rules football, Rugby union, soccer, and field hockey as well as baseball, softball and tennis.^[2] The park has clubhouse and changing room facilities and the fields have lighting suitable for hosting night time sports events.

The land that UWA Sports Park is situated on was gifted to the university by the Government of Western Australia in 1904.^[3]

Clubs based at UWA Sports Park as of 2014 include:^[2]

UWAAC Athletics Club (founded 1928)
UBSC University Baseball and Softball Club (founded 1947)
UWA Hockey Club (est. 1924)
UWA Rugby Club (founded 1929)
UWA Tennis Club (est. 1914)
UWA Football Club (founded 1911, Australian rules football - PFL)
UWA Nedlands Football Club (founded 1949, Association football)

UWA Sports Park was also the main home ground in Perth to host National Rugby Championship matches;^[4]^[5] for the Perth Spirit (2014–2017) and Western Force (2018–2019).

References

^ "Home". UWA Sports Park. 2014. Archived from the original on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Sports clubs". UWA Sports Park. 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
^ "Local Government Reform Submission". Town of Cambridge. 2009. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
^ Jackson, Ed (20 August 2014). "Australian rugby set for provincial reboot". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
^ "Fixtures draw". Australian Rugby. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

External links

Satellite Image of UWA Sports Park

[home-2014-1] "Home". UWA Sports Park. 2014. Archived from the original on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

[clubs-2014-2] "Sports clubs". UWA Sports Park. 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

[cambridge-2009-3] "Local Government Reform Submission". Town of Cambridge. 2009. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

[smh-2014-4] Jackson, Ed (20 August 2014). "Australian rugby set for provincial reboot". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

[nrc-draw-2014-5] "Fixtures draw". Australian Rugby. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

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 '''UWA Sports Park''' is a multi-purpose sporting and recreation reserve in [[Mount Claremont, Western Australia]]. It is located on 56 hectares of land approximately 10 km west of [[Perth]] and is owned by the [[University of Western Australia]].<ref name = home-2014/>
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 * UWA Rugby Club (founded 1929)
 * UWA Tennis Club (est. 1914)
-* UWA Nedlands Football Club (founded 1911 - Australian rules football)
+* UWA Football Club (founded 1911, Australian rules football - [[Perth Football League|PFL]])
-* UWA Soccer Club (founded 1949)
+* UWA Nedlands Football Club (founded 1949, Association football)
-UWA Sports Park is also one of the home grounds for the [[Perth Spirit]] team that plays in the [[National Rugby Championship]].<ref name = smh-2014/><ref name= nrc-draw-2014/>
+UWA Sports Park was also the main home ground in Perth to host [[National Rugby Championship]] matches;<ref name = smh-2014/><ref name= nrc-draw-2014/> for the [[Perth Spirit]] (2014–2017) and [[Western Force]] (2018–2019).
 ==References==
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  |publisher= Town of Cambridge
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 </ref>
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  |title= Sports clubs
  |work= UWA Sports Park
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 </ref>
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  |title= Australian rugby set for provincial reboot
  |work= Sydney Morning Herald |publisher= Fairfax
- |accessdate= 6 October 2014
+ |access-date= 6 October 2014
  |url= http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/australian-rugby-set-for-provincial-reboot-20140820-3e0g0.html
- |deadurl= no
+ |url-status= live
- |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20141006123719/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/australian-rugby-set-for-provincial-reboot-20140820-3e0g0.html
+ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141006123719/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/australian-rugby-set-for-provincial-reboot-20140820-3e0g0.html
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+ |archive-date= 6 October 2014}}
 </ref>
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  |title= Fixtures draw
  |publisher= Australian Rugby
- |accessdate= 24 March 2014
+ |access-date= 24 March 2014
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- |deadurl= no
+ |url-status= live
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+ |archive-date= 16 July 2014}}
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 ==External links==
 *[https://www.google.com/maps/@-31.9517403,115.7845976,1296m/data=!3m1!1e3 Satellite Image of UWA Sports Park]
+{{NRC Grounds}}
 [[Category:Sports venues in Perth, Western Australia]]
 [[Category:University of Western Australia]]
+[[Category:Rugby union stadiums in Australia]]
+[[Category:Water polo venues in Australia]]

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